2014 Award winners

IOP Award winners 2014

Isaac Newton Medal of the Institute of PhysicsProfessor Deborah S JinNational Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado For pioneering the field of quantum-degenerate Fermi gases.

Dirac Medal and prizeProfessor Tim PalmerUniversity of Oxford For the development of probabilistic weather and climate prediction systems.

Glazebrook Medal and prizeProfessor Gerhard MaterlikUniversity College London and Diamond Light SourceFor outstanding leadership in establishing a world-leading laboratory at the Diamond Light Source and for his innovations in X-ray diffraction physics.

Swan Medal and prizeProfessor Michael PayneUniversity of CambridgeFor the development of computational techniques that have revolutionised materials design and facilitated the industrial application of quantum mechanical simulations.

Appleton Medal and PrizeProfessor David MarshallUniversity of OxfordFor his fundamental contributions to understanding the fluid dynamics of the global ocean circulation through the development of penetrating conceptual models.

Franklin Medal and PrizeProfessor Benjamin SimonsUniversity of CambridgeFor the application of non-equilibrium statistical mechanic to provide fundamental new insights into the mechanisms that regulate stem cell behaviour in tissue maintenance and disease.

Gabor Medal and PrizeProfessor Brian TannerUniversity of DurhamFor his research on, and practical realisation of, metrologies and technologies that contribute direct improvement to industrial performance and for his contribution to the understanding of the fundamental science behind engineering processes.

Hoyle Medal and PrizeProfessor Anthony Raymond BellUniversity of Oxford and Rutherford Appleton LaboratoryFor elucidating the origin and impact of cosmic rays and for his seminal contributions to electron energy transport in laboratory plasmas.

Rutherford Medal and PrizeProfessor Paul NolanUniversity of LiverpoolFor his outstanding contributions to Nuclear structure at extremes of angular momentum and his leading role in the development of segmented Germanium detector technology.

Thomson Medal and PrizeProfessor Charles S AdamsDurham UniversityFor his insightful and imaginative experiments which have pioneered the field of Rydberg quantum optics, and the understanding of light-matter interactions in systems with strong dipole-dipole interactions.

Maxwell Medal and PrizeProfessor Igor LesanovskyUniversity of NottinghamFor his outstanding contributions to the theory of control and manipulation of quantum systems, particularly his pioneering studies of highly excited ‘Rydberg’ states in cold atomic gases.

Moseley Medal and PrizeDr Elizabeth BlackburnUniversity of BirminghamFor her pioneering experimental work in the field of novel superconductors and magnets using neutrons and X-rays, often in extreme conditions, to elucidate their complex structure and response.

Paterson Medal and PrizeDr Sarah BohndiekUniversity of CambridgeFor her remarkable work in developing advanced molecular imaging techniques and applying them to address questions at the interface of physics, biology and medicine.

Bragg Medal and PrizeProfessor Peter VukusicUniversity of ExeterFor his significant and impactful contributions to widening participation in physics education and outreach.

Kelvin Medal and PrizeProfessor Tim O’Brien and Dr Teresa AndersonThe University of ManchesterFor their innovative approach to public engagement with physics through the creation of a new Discovery Centre at Jodrell Bank and the development of an education programme that reaches 16,000 school children every year.